Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Banks' results may sag

(Reuters) - "It's a very difficult operating environment right now," said Michael Nix, a portfolio manager at Greenwood Capital Associates LLC in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Banks are struggling with narrowing lending margins, rising defaults and mortgage problems after the five-year housing boom ended and borrowers began missing more payments. Buffalo's M&T Bank Corp. said all of these would hurt results.


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